SUMMER 2025
KEEP YOUR COOL
Summer, especially early summer when the heat hasn’t started to feel oppressive or scary, is my favorite time of year. I’m past the intense yard clean-up and the obligatory seasonal cleaning I hoist on myself each spring. The outdoor furniture is out, the Sunbrella umbrellas and pillows are popping with color and it’s all about celebrating time outdoors. This summer why not:
- Take a break from organizing and call me to schedule something for the fall when hot weather sends you indoors to revel in some a/c.
- Take a vacation or a mini break. Twenty-four hours in the city (always much cooler than the valley) can feel as good as a trip to Paris if you plan it right.
- Take public transportation. Why not get off the road and onto a train or breezy Bay Ferry?
- Keep aiming for the shoeless household to cut down on summer dust in the house
- Change your bedding to linen and lighter colors for an easy summer lift. Which leads me to sleep–make sure you get enough of it and you’ll be so much better at everything else
- Take a class. What do you want to learn about? For me it’s pest control and irrigation so that next year I can plant a garden that has a chance to make it despite gophers, squirrels, aphids and heat. After the trauma of losing last year’s garden to those issues, I am taking a year off and I have to say, I don’t miss the extra work and I rather enjoy the time in the chill of the Whole Foods produce aisle with its rainbow of dewy vegetables.
- If you still insist on organizing, mention this post when you contact me and take $50 off your next three hour organizing session.
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